Annual American Composers Update

In 1997 Donald Martino was Composer in Residence at the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, Irasburg, VT (Jul.); and at the Composers Conference in Wellesley, MA (Aug.). In 1998, he will participate in a round table discussion, "Publishing Contemporary Music," at the Music Library Association Annual Meeting (Feb. 14); and will be Composer in Residence at the Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music (Mar.).

Rolf Schulte and the New Hampshire Symphony, under James Bolle, presented Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, funded by a National Endowment commission, at the Palace Theater, Manchester, NH, Nov. 14-15, 1997.

From the Other Side had many U. S. performances, including one by The New Millennium Ensemble at Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY, Apr. 14, 1997. On Aug. 7, 1997, a program at Wellesley (MA) College included Jean Kopperud, clarinet, in Three Birthday Cards, and Schulte, violin, in Fantasy Variations. Pianist Eliza Garth presented Impromptu for Roger and Piano Fantasy at the University of Maryland, in College Park, June 1, 1997. Garth also will play Twelve Preludes at ISCM, in New York, Mar. 17, 1998. On Feb. 27, 1998, the Fromm Players will perform Notturno in Paine Hall, Boston.

A Jazz Set; A Set for Marimba; Parisonatina Al Dodecafonia; Twelve Preludes; Canzone e Tarantella; all by the Core Ensemble on New World Records 80518-2. Twelve Preludes; Piano Fantasy; Impromptu for Roger; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano; all with Garth, piano; Schulte, violin; Kopperud, clarinet; Centaur Records CRC 2321. Parisonatina Al Dodecafonia; Scott Klucksdahl, cello; CRI CD 762.

For more complete information, see Donald Martino's entry in our Composers Bureau Online.